1. Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospital Admissions and In-Hospital Lethality From Cardiovascular Diseases in Brazil: An Ecological and Time Series Study.
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Santos LG, da Silva RV, Leal TC, Xavier JE, Figueiredo EVMS, de Paiva JPS, da Silva LF, Rocha CAO, Nunes BEBR, Santana GBA, Fernandes TRMO, Costa FA, Bezerra-Santos M, Feliciano do Carmo R, Armstrong ADC, and de Souza CDF
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- Humans, Pandemics, Brazil epidemiology, Time Factors, Hospitalization, Hospitals, COVID-19 epidemiology, Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology, Cardiovascular Diseases therapy
- Abstract
Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Brazil, several government policies have been taken. Herein, we aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions and in-hospital lethality for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in Brazil in 2020. An ecological and time-series study on hospitalizations and deaths from CVD in Brazil was conducted from January 2018 to December 2020.The hospital admission rate for CVD reduced by 17.1%, with a significant decreasing trend between January and May 2020 (Annual Percent Change: -8,7%; P-value < 0.001). The in-hospital lethality rate increased from 8.2% in 2018 to 9.3% in 2020. During this period, Brazil totaled 21.8 million days of hospital stay. Indicators of hospital admissions and lethality from CVD in Brazil were impacted by the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways in the regions and depending on the nature of the indicator., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2023
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